Anti-Trump, Lincoln Project Co-Founder Accused By 21 Men (Including Minors) of Predatory Advances

You can tell a lot about someone by their enemies.

The Establishment didn’t like President Trump.

That probably means that President Trump is truly good for the American people.

The mainstream media didn’t like President Trump.

That probably means that President Trump actually was shaking up the status quo.

And an accused pedophile and sexual predator didn’t like President Trump.

Well, that just tells you about the kind of man Donald Trump is and who he does NOT associate with.

John Weaver, the co-founder of the extremely anti-Trump Lincoln Project, has now been accused by 21 men (including minors) of sexual messages and advances.

The media propped up Weaver as the saving grace of the Republican party.

That alone should tell you about the media’s lack of judgment.

More details on this explosive revelation below:

Lincoln Project co-founder John Weaver accused by 21 men of sending inappropriate messages

Lincoln Project: “He is a predator, a liar, and an abuser. We extend our deepest sympathies to those who were targeted by his deplorable and predatory behavior.”https://t.co/EkAFtDxrla

— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) January 31, 2021

Why did Axios claim in January that John Weaver had left the Lincoln Project during the past summer, when it was easily verifiable that Weaver represented the group on 60 Minutes in October. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/JB44BRXfQr

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 31, 2021

Wikipedia goes into full damage control to protect the Lincoln Project pedophile John Weaver

The page is locked and no information can be added. pic.twitter.com/dETCFit3H3

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 31, 2021

Weaver and the Lincoln Project have worked over-time to destroy Donald Trump.

Now, it appears that Weaver’s own reputation may be called into question.

He may not be the stand-up guy that he appeared to be.

So what does that say about his judgment and personal attacks on Trump?

The New York Times confirms the damning allegations against Weaver:

John Weaver, a longtime Republican strategist and co-founder of the prominent anti-Trump group the Lincoln Project, has for years sent unsolicited and sexually provocative messages online to young men, often while suggesting he could help them get work in politics, according to interviews with 21 men who received them.

His solicitations included sending messages to a 14-year-old, asking questions about his body while he was still in high school and then more pointed ones after he turned 18.

These messages from Mr. Weaver, 61, who helped run John McCain’s presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2008 and John Kasich’s in 2016, did not lead to physical encounters except in one consensual case, and none of the men accused Mr. Weaver of unlawful conduct. Rather, many of them described feeling preyed upon by an influential older man in the field in which they wanted to work, and believing they had to engage with his repeated messaging or lose a professional opportunity.

Mr. Weaver sent overt sexual solicitations to at least 10 of the men and, in the most explicit messages, offered professional and personal assistance in exchange for sex. He told one man he would “spoil you when we see each other,” according to a message reviewed by The New York Times. “Help you other times. Give advice, counsel, help with bills. You help me … sensually.”

Lincoln Project leaders, in their first extended comments about Mr. Weaver, said they had not been aware of such allegations until this month, when articles in The American Conservative and Forensic News, and an open letter on Twitter from a data analyst named Garrett Herrin, accused Mr. Weaver of grooming young men online.

Steve Schmidt, a co-founder of the group, said its leaders had learned last summer from social media posts that Mr. Weaver, who has a wife and two children, might be involved in relationships with men, but emphasized, “There was no awareness or insinuations of any type of inappropriate behavior when we became aware of the chatter at the time.” Mr. Weaver denied the claims, Mr. Schmidt said in an interview.

In mid-January, after the allegations gained public attention, Mr. Weaver issued a statement acknowledging he had sent “inappropriate” messages and apologizing “to the men I made uncomfortable,” while saying he had believed all of his interactions to be consensual. He said he would not return to the Lincoln Project from a medical leave that began in the summer.

Interviews with the 21 young men, as well as a review of screenshots of dozens of messages he sent them over the last five years, show that his online behavior was in many cases aggressive and unwanted.

Cole Trickle Miele was 14 when he followed Mr. Weaver on Twitter in 2015 and quickly received a direct message from him. At first, he did not think anything was amiss.

“I remember being a 14-year-old kid interested in politics and being semi-starstruck by John Weaver engaging in a conversation with me,” said Mr. Trickle Miele, now 19. At the time, he supported the Republican Party and was a fan of Mr. Kasich, the Ohio governor whom Mr. Weaver was helping prepare to join the presidential race.

But as the messages kept coming, he became uncomfortable.

In June 2018, Mr. Weaver asked, “Are you in HS still?” — referring to high school — and Mr. Trickle Miele said that he was, and that he would be 18 the next spring. “You look older,” Mr. Weaver replied. “You’ve gotten taller.”

In March 2020, when Mr. Trickle Miele was 18, Mr. Weaver wrote, “I want to come to Vegas and take you to dinner and drinks and spoil you!!,” and in a follow-up message used a term that in sexual banter refers to one’s body: “Hey my boy! resend me your stats! or I can guess! if that is easier or more fun!”

Mr. Weaver, in response to questions about specific allegations, reiterated his statement from earlier this month and said: “I am so disheartened and sad that I may have brought discomfort to anyone in what I thought at the time were mutually consensual discussions. In living a deeply closeted life, I allowed my pain to cause pain for others. For that I am truly sorry to these men and everyone and for letting so many people down.”

Mr. Weaver was one of a handful of veteran Republican operatives who formed the Lincoln Project because, they said, they considered Mr. Trump a danger to the country. With mocking ads that often went viral, the group became a highly visible opponent to the Trump presidency.

The funny (and sad) part?

The Lincoln Project is trying to distance itself from Weaver.

They’re trying to claim they have as little to do with him as possible.

The only problem?

Weaver was one of the co-founders!

His political DNA and intellectual fingerprints are all over the organization!

If Weaver’s reputation is ruined, then it stands that the Lincoln Project, which was formed to destroy Trump, will likely also fall into disrepute.

Watching the Lincoln Project self-immolate is the only interesting story now that Trump went quiet. https://t.co/QZWZIN7Ntl

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) January 31, 2021

Project Lincoln is the latest example of why media has smeared me for years. Anyone who reports on pedophiles is directly “attacking” the media’s favorite people. The same reason they covered up for Epstein and Weinstein. Now you know!

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 31, 2021

If donating to Trump is grounds for cancelling a person, seems to be that everyone who donated to John Weaver's Lincoln Project (Project Pedophile) is complicit in the grooming of underage boys for sex.

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 31, 2021

Even though the Lincoln Project is trying to disavow Weaver, could it be too little, too late?

The Washington Post reports:

The Lincoln Project is condemning co-founder John Weaver in the wake of allegations that the longtime GOP strategist made unsolicited sexual overtures to several young men, including one who was 14 years old at the time he received sexual messages from Weaver.

“John Weaver led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level. He is a predator, a liar, and an abuser. We extend our deepest sympathies to those who were targeted by his deplorable and predatory behavior,” the group said in a statement Sunday.

The Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans who opposed former president Donald Trump, rose to prominence last year as they campaigned against Trump and others who supported him. Weaver, 61, helped co-found the group. Weaver previously worked on the presidential campaigns for John McCain and John Kasich.

The New York Times published a report Sunday morning based on interviews with 21 men who alleged that Weaver sent them unwanted provocative messages or solicited them for sex, often in exchange for the promise of professional help.

The New York Times story followed reports about Weaver’s behavior from earlier this month, including one by the American Conservative’s Ryan Girdusky on Jan. 11 and by Axios on Jan. 15.

Weaver did not respond to a request for comment Sunday. Two weeks ago, he acknowledged the “inappropriate” messages in a statement to Axios and apologized, saying he had been closeted.

“The truth is that I’m gay. And that I have a wife and two kids who I love. My inability to reconcile those two truths has led to this agonizing place,” Weaver said in his statement then. “To the men I made uncomfortable through my messages that I viewed as consensual mutual conversations at the time: I am truly sorry. They were inappropriate and it was because of my failings that this discomfort was brought on you.”

Weaver has been on a medical leave of absence from the Lincoln Project since last summer and said he would not return to the organization.

On Sunday, the Lincoln Project noted that Weaver was never around other members.

“The totality of his deceptions are beyond anything any of us could have imagined and we are absolutely shocked and sickened by it. Like so many, we have been betrayed and deceived by John Weaver,” the group’s statement said. “We are grateful beyond words that at no time was John Weaver in the physical presence of any member of The Lincoln Project.”

On Twitter Sunday, Girdusky — who broke the story earlier this month — blasted the Lincoln Project’s statement as false, saying the group had been made aware of the allegations when he was reporting them out last year.

Girdusky, who has also worked as a political consultant for about 15 years, told The Washington Post that Weaver’s past was like a “worst-kept secret” and that several men reached out to him after Weaver followed him on Twitter last May.

Currently, only 21 men have accused Weaver.

Will more come forward?

Will this go to trial?

Time will tell.

But what we know for certain is that if we are judging President Trump based on his enemies, then this must mean that Trump is truly an outstanding man and patriot!

Weird, @RyanGirdusky reported that people at Lincoln Project have been aware of the allegations for months & not only did none of you cut ties with your predator-pedo buddy, you actively helped him kill stories about the allegations.

A paid @NBCNews/@MSNBC contributor, folks. https://t.co/EEFL4CtiCw

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 31, 2021